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Pretty soon, we won't have to deal with any news about promotional items concerning Conan O'Brien's second return to late-night TV. But this is an item worth sharing. On Nov. 1, one week before Conan debuts on TBS, O'Brien, Andy Richter and the band will perform a full warm-up show …
Vanessa Bayer is a featured cast member on Saturday Night Live this season. Three years ago, she was just another single face on Comcast's Dating on Demand. If you were in Chicago in 2007, you could have looked her up on your cable TV as sassy2 and asked her out …
So much thrilling college football and playoff baseball went late into the night on Saturday, so much so that I barely noticed anyone talking about or even thinking about a new Saturday Night Live. Would this lack of buzz help or hurt the program? Let's find out! About the …
The Last Comic Standing 7 tour rolled through a rainy New York City last week, and the fellas were kind enough to invite me over to hang out with them backstage at the Best Buy Theater (formerly Nokia) in Times Square. For Jonathan Thymius, it was his first chance to …
I don't know if you can ever have too many stars on a benefit show, but Comedy Central certainly tries every two years on behalf of autism research with its Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education, which airs again tonight. Much of the event taped …
What? More Conan O'Brien news? You'd think the guy was relaunching his late-night TV brand or something. TBS and Conaco announced the first week's guest list for Conan. Please get ready to welcome to the little big show… Monday, Nov. 8 ‚Äì First Guest Poll winner, Seth Rogen and musical guest Jack …
Conan O'Brien and Team Coco briefly took over the front page of YouTube with a 24-hour event that has streamed live over the Internet. In the latest promotional stunt to remind and alert viewers of Conan's return to late-night TV with Conan on TBS on Nov. 8, the "Live Coco …
You've seen the picture, now see the video. Last night on Spike's Scream 2010 awards show, Bill Murray decided to show up in his Ghostbusters uniform to accept an award from a smiling Sarah Silverman. Murray won "best cameo" for his brief turn in Zombieland. The possibility of Murray and …
Well, I‚Äôll tell you a story. Del came out to California, and all of us who knew him sent him everywhere that had a show, resulting in him getting dopey parts on things like My Mother the Car. My show then was Get Smart, and I said, ‚ÄúDel, just go meet the …
Dana Carvey as Johnny Carson on SNL, in 1990 A lot of the way that show was conceived was by thinking about what talk shows weren‚Äôt doing. Dana Carvey was asked to do that gig months before it landed in anyone else‚Äôs hands, right after Carson announced that he was …